Policy orderO-1City Council go on record endorsing the Coalition to Protect Patient Safety's ballot initiative, the Patient Safety Act , which would establish specific patient limits that registered nurses can have at one time to ensure safe patient care.Council orderO-1
Policy orderO-2There are almost 13,000 non-union and non-tenure faculty currently working at Boston-area non-profit colleges and universities; andCouncillor CheungO-2
Policy orderO-2City Council go on record expressing support for fair wages and benefits for Cambridge's adjunct professors, the right of Cambridge's adjunct professors to form a union, and the adoption of free and fair union election principles, similar to those that have been adopted by many higher education institutions in other U.S. cities, which establish the commitment that workers are "free" to make up their own mind under "fair" voting conditions.Council orderO-2
Policy orderO-3City Council go on record endorsing the Hospital Profit Transparency and Fairness Act which would establish regulations to reign in CEO compensation and recuperate excess profits that come from taxpayer money for the protection of essential health care services in all communitiesCouncil orderO-3
Policy orderO-4City Council go on record urging Attorney General Martha Coakley to explore the feasibility of enacting a consumer-protection action mandating that all guns sold in Massachusetts be manufactured or retrofitted with fingerprint-activation technology within a set number of years.Council orderO-4
Policy orderO-5Mayor is requested to schedule a City Council/School Committee retreat in the near future to allow all of Cambridge's municipal elected officials the opportunity to converse with each other and discuss shared priorities for this term.Council orderO-5
Policy orderO-6City Council go on record urging Sanofi/Genzyme to engage in labor peace and award the upcoming contract for cleaning services in worksites in Massachusetts to a responsible contractor who is signatory to 32BJ SEIU's collective bargaining practices to provide job security and stability for the existing workers.Council orderO-6